Monthly Archives: November 2010

‘Tintin au Congo’ (1931) created huge controversies around the strong colonialist attitude Hergé gave to his main characters. Africans are depicted as primitive, ignorant and disorganised where Tintin is represented as clever and in charge – reflecting the Belgium imperialism … Continue reading →

Anyone know where this text is from? I found it in a pile and I can’t remember which seminar it relates to. If any. It ends with “Enough hand-wringing. Let’s put down the rosary beads and pick up our tools”. … Continue reading →

Fat is a feminist issue, by Susie Orbach… A book I have looked at for the triangulation task. It is an anti-diet guide for women, and looks into the issues women have with there bodies and their relationship with food … Continue reading →

Not the crocodile hunter but a film maker! Animated, layering of two films which have been roughly spliced together. A haunting but rich mix of cut outs and 2d drawings with a grainy sound track make this a realy interesting … Continue reading →

Great concept to this film by Christian Marclay at The White Cube. A collage of film clips all relating to time. He has edited clips from films which all portray every minute of the day. The film is in real time so if you go to … Continue reading →

Still along the lines of films… a great one to watch is Dogville,  it is written and directed by Lars Von Trier. It is filmed using a very minimalist approach, as the whole set is made up of chalked out … Continue reading →